Y3 Maths
Bar Charts Lesson
This Year 3 Bar Charts lesson covers the prior learning of reading and interpreting block diagrams, before moving onto the main skill of reading and interpreting information within a bar chart.
The lesson starts with a prior learning worksheet to check pupils’ understanding. The interactive lesson slides recap the prior learning before moving on to the main skill. Children can then practise further by completing the activities and can extend their learning by completing an engaging extension task.
National Curriculum Objectives
Mathematics Year 3: (3S1) Interpret and present data using bar charts, pictograms and tables
Mathematics Year 3: (3S2) Solve one-step and two-step questions [for example, ‘How many more?’ and ‘How many fewer?’] using information presented in scaled bar charts and pictograms and tables
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2 Teaching Support
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Lesson Slides
These lesson slides guides pupils through the prior learning of reading and interpreting block diagrams, before moving onto the main skill of bar charts. There are a number of questions to check pupils' understanding throughout.
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Modelling PowerPoint
This powerpoint can be used to model the questions that the children will complete on the Varied Fluency and Reasoning & Problem Solving worksheets as part of this lesson.
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Lesson Slides
These are the same as the lesson slides on Classroom Secrets. You can assign this as an activity for pupils to access individually in school or remotely from home.
1 Prior Learning
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Worksheet
This worksheet recaps prior learning of reading and interpreting block diagrams, before moving onto the main skill of reading and interpreting information within a bar chart.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 2 Block Diagrams Game aims to support pupils' knowledge of statistics.
2 Varied Fluency
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Worksheet
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency questions for pupils to practise the main skill of this lesson.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 3 Bar Charts Game checks pupils' understanding of reading and interpreting bar charts.
2 Reasoning & Problem Solving
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Worksheet
This bar charts extension task includes a challenge activity which can be used to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in the bar charts lesson.
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Mixed Practice
This worksheet includes varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving questions for pupils to practise the main skill of bar charts.
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Worksheet
This differentiated worksheet includes reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
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Discussion Problem
This worksheet includes two discussion problems which can be used in pairs or small groups to further pupils' understanding of the concepts taught in this lesson.
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Interactive Activity
This Year 3 Interpreting Data Maths Challenge has been designed to help develop pupils’ problem-solving skills using their knowledge of interpreting information given on a bar chart.
2 Homework
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Worksheet
This differentiated worksheet includes varied fluency and reasoning and problem solving questions to support the teaching of this step.
2 Additional Activities
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Free Consolidation of Steps 1-3 Year 2 Statistics Learning Video Clip
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Consolidation Pack
These Statistics worksheets are fantastic at helping your pupils practice their reasoning and problem solving skills. This pack contains two different question types for Year 3 Spring Block 3.
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Home Learning Pack
This Spring week 6 Maths pack contains varied fluency, reasoning and problem solving worksheets
